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You are here: Home / Archives for International Space Station

South Korea astronaut has landed in W. Washington

August 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kari Plog The News Tribune TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Puyallup isn’t out of this world, but Soyeon Yi will take it. Sitting in a cafe off East Main Avenue, Yi looks like an average 36-year-old resident. But she doesn’t have an average career. She is an international icon after becoming the first South Korean […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2008, American Idol, East Main Avenue, International Space Station, Ko San, Russia, Seattle, South Korean, Soyeon Yi, TACOMA, TV, attention, technology

Japan’s humanoid robot takes off to space station

August 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The first talking humanoid robot “astronaut” has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo — derived from the Japanese words for “hope” and “robot” — was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched August 4 for the International Space Station from Tanegashima, southwestern Japan, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Designer Tomotaka Takahashi, International Space Station, JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Koichi Wakata, NASA, Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corp, Vol 32 No 33 | August 10 - August 16, communication, culture, technology

Japan picks woman astronaut for 2010 space flight

November 15, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has chosen a female astronaut to board the space shuttle Atlantis in 2010, the country’s first mother to go on a space mission, officials said Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Canada, Chiaki Mukai, International Space Station, JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Naoko Yamazaki, Russia, TV, Tokyo, vol 27 no 47 | November 15 - 21

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